Businesses put robots to work when human workers are hard to find, argue econo-boffins
The lure of shiny new tech isn't a motivator, although in the USA bots are used to cut costs
17 Sep 2021
Articles about Robots
Tesla promises to build robot you could beat up – or beat in a race
May have unbeatable powers of distraction as automaker talks up its coming-soon-now AI supercomputer and glosses over product delays
20 Aug 2021
Xiaomi builds a robot dog out of smartphone cameras and an Nvidia edge AI board
Who's an open-source boy? The $1500 CyberDog, that's who
11 Aug 2021
With Alphabet's legendary commitment to products, we can't wait to see what its robotics biz Intrinsic achieves
Google parent hopes to inject AI into factory machines
23 Jul 2021
Impromptu game of Robot Wars sparks fire in warehouse at UK e-tailer Ocado
Three-way crash harms no humans but shutters fulfilment centre and sees orders galore cancelled
19 Jul 2021
Boffins decide what world really needs is indestructible robot cockroaches
It's fine: they'll just be used for searching disaster sites, checking structures, spying on people
06 Jul 2021
Sony 'Workman', anyone? Consumer giant teams with Kawasaki on teleoperated ‘bots
Japan’s ageing population and COVID inspire JV to create remote work platform biz
24 May 2021
US Army develops natural-language voice-command AI for robots, tanks, etc. For search'n'rescue. For now
Judge, JUDI, and executioner?
21 Apr 2021
Plot twist! South Korean telco uses 5G to fight coronavirus via hospital-patrolling robot
Modified Keemi disinfects, takes temperatures, tells you off for not socially distancing
19 Apr 2021
Tools down: Singapore’s training bots and drones to digitize construction work
Research agency and housing board sign a deal as COVID-19 makes manpower and materials scarce
30 Mar 2021
What links ML, lasers, and tiny gold-plated micro-bots? Answer: Smart medicines
'Drug delivery would certainly be an intriguing application,' prof tells us
26 Mar 2021
Study: While text-generating AI can write like humans, it lacks common sense
Humans live in the real world, machines don't, say academics
20 Nov 2020
What the world needs now is socially-distant robots, says Japan
Takes its domestic standard for human/robot interactions to the ISO to get moving machines working with humans in hospitals and beyond
03 Sep 2020
Autonomous robots that can be injected? Not as far off as it sounds, say boffins, thanks to new ion-powered silicon legs
Push off, you can't be serious...
27 Aug 2020
Korean boffins build COVID-bot to shove a swab right up your hooter
VIDEO Yes, this will help health pros. But after seeing it thrust a swab into your schnoz, you may want to avoid testing by humans or robots
23 Jun 2020
Singapore releases the robot hounds to enforce social distancing in parks
Smithers: If I really must go outside, can you arrange it so I encounter the smallest possible number of virus-laden humans?
10 May 2020
Line-of-business folk will have bigger role in growing robotic process automation revolution
Scary idea, but can work if IT bods are there to hold their hands
20 Mar 2020
Crazy idea but hear us out... With robots taking people's jobs, can we rethink this whole working to survive thing?
A nation of takeout deliverers
11 Feb 2020
Create a news alert about Robots, or find more stories about Robots.
